It’s the most wonderful time of the year! It’s the season of the Abyss! Finally! Deschutes Abyss will be here and we are having a “tour” to celebrate! Seven bars, games prizes and BEER, tons of beer!!!
Thursday December 16th
5:00 The Happy Gnome – Offering flights of Deschutes Beers featuring Black Butte Porter, Abyss, and Jubel 2010
5:45 Stub & Herbs – SLAYER TRIVIA*!!! Abyss, Jubelale, Hop Trip, and Hop Henge on tap!!
6:30 Pracna – Abyss, Obsidian Stout on Nitro, Jubelale plus Deschutes specials all month long with beer and prize giveaways!!**
7:15 Haute Dish – Abyss and Mirror Pond Pale Ale, features TBD
8:00 Mackenzie – Abyss, Inversion IPA, Jubelale, Jubel 2010 with Beer Trivia!!
9:00 Bryant Lake Bowl – Abyss & Black Butte Porter with Bowl for the Abyss (win free Abyss bottles!!)**
10:00 Buster’s on 28th – Black Butte Porter, Abyss, & Jubel 2010 with T-Shirt and beer Giveaway!!**
See you there!!!!
All bars will promptly tap their kegs of Abyss at 5pm so get on it!!!
*Slayer rules!
**visit any 3 bars on the list and get the bartender to initial off the special card and turn it in at Busters after 10pm for a free limited edition Abyss t-shirt (while supplies last, void where prohibited, no purchase necessary and all that crap!)
Category: bars/restaurants
Free Beer for Frogtown
Brave the snow and head on over to Ngon Bistro today for a free beer with your brunch. Key word is “blizzard.” But Hai warns us that the snowshoe & cross country ski racks have not yet been installed.
Dissident Keg a Pracna
Pracna will be tapping The Dissident from Deschutes today at 4pm. It’s a 1/6 barrel and one of only two in the state, so get there early so all the other jerks don’t drink it up. 🙂
After nearly two years aging in isolation, 2010 The Dissident has reached its pinnacle. Deschutes Brewery’s only wild yeast beer, brettanomyces and lactobacillus “critters” (a technical brewing term) create a …distinctive Oud Bruin, Flanders-style sour brown ale, with a fruity aroma and flavor. Along with the wild yeast “critters”, which help to create a strong Belgian flavor, this lavish brew has whole central Washington cherries – pits, stems and all – added to the mix.
Cookin’ with Lanny, Pat, Scott & Jake at Grumpy’s NE
Whatcha’ doing on Friday? Lanny from Artisanal Imports tipped us off to a cool event going down this Friday, December 10 at Grumpy’s NE.
Lanny will be cooking with Pat Dwyer (owner of Grumpy’s), Scott Ketcher (Hohenstein Sales Guy) and his friend Jake Endres for Customer Appreciation Happy Hour! On the menu are snack portions of oak-smoked lamb ribs with grits and greens. Pat’s going to do up some kind of killer sauce and everyone is invited!
Beers include the normal Grumpy’s line up but also Kwak Belgian Ale, Tripel Karmeliet and Meantime IPA.
Starts at 4 and goes until the delicious food is gone. Oh, and the food is free if you are having a beer.
Where: Grumpy’s Nordeast, at the corner of 22nd Ave. and 4th St. in Nordeast Minneapolis
Summit Firkin at Stanley’s
Summit brewer Nate will be bringing a firkin of his Imperial Pumpkin Porter dry-hopped with Goldings to Stanley’s NE. Say hi and enjoy the cask.